Annie B

To be very frank i doubted how well the movie would fare, like how much content can you create around a doll? But man i was mistaken. The way Greta plays around with the idea of Barbie is as magical as how Margot Robbie was born to play Barbie. The movie had me emotional in the first 15 mins itself (maybe because i had no idea what the movie was gonna be and that idea just being casually thrown at my face just caught me off-guard). The movie does get a bit lost with the board of directors of Mattel but i loved that part too. Towards the end i was worried how would they justify the Barbie world after witnessing the reality of the real world but AAAAA THEY DID PULL IT OF B* I am so glad i watched this instead of Oppenheimer but i still wish both weren't released together. Anyway , Oppenheimer's loss.

This reminds me of stories from my childhood. Its a simple plot narrated in the best possible way. One can only be impressed. All the characters feel real. One of the best directions.

Id give it an 8 on 10 tbh Minus 2 because it was quite arrogant of pacchu to say "i lied because i love you" and quite naive of hamsadhwani to accept it and miss him. And also the "no" scene was exaggerated. No friend of 2 days can advise you what to do. Apart from that, i liked how the kept the action scenes good. You dont automatically do action because you're a South indian man. I liked the building of pacchu and hamsas relationship. I like how blunt pacchu was when he said "hes dead. You should start living for yourself". I liked how small characters played small roles in smaller stories, reminds everyone is a main character in their own life. I liked That chaddi scene. I liked when he said, "when the girl you love rejects you, you grow for the better". I loved how small the roles of the kid, the pennu kaanal pennu, the shopkeeper, the honking car was. I loved how the name of the movie fits in the movie. How he felt like he got hold of a magic lamp and didn't want to run out of that magic and hence lied. I liked how he says his starsign along with his age when she asks. That scene was my fav. The entire sequence. Three sight of pacchu checking out her videos this creepy laga, pov hamsadhwani, but it was necessary yaar. Everything about the movie feels necessary. I wouldn't do without any. I loveddfffdddd it. Its in my 2nd most fav films list.

This didn't feel like just another love story. It felt fresh, different, relatable, believable. And also didn't feel bored.